Smashed Hat:FTA: "I've had the misfortune to read online comments where I've been judged as a paedophile because I've got a big nose."

Err no, it was because you got caught subscribing to a kiddie porn site.

WTF? That comment (from Townshend) was so ridiculous I had to click the article to be sure it was true. What a piece of shiat he is. I wonder where anyone said he was a pedophile because of the size of his nose. Sorry, Pete. I liked your guitar work and your song writing, but you're a farking pedophile and I don't care how big or small your nose is.

Happy Hours:Smashed Hat: FTA: "I've had the misfortune to read online comments where I've been judged as a paedophile because I've got a big nose."

Err no, it was because you got caught subscribing to a kiddie porn site.

WTF? That comment (from Townshend) was so ridiculous I had to click the article to be sure it was true. What a piece of shiat he is. I wonder where anyone said he was a pedophile because of the size of his nose. Sorry, Pete. I liked your guitar work and your song writing, but you're a farking pedophile and I don't care how big or small your nose is.

Well, his nose is big enough that instead of getting "balls deep", he gets "Nostril deep" in those five yearolds.

I assume he meant "big nose" in the sense of "overly curious" and sticking it where it didn't belong, as part of his overzealous efforts to stamp out pedophiles. I don't buy it, but I think that's what he meant.

Smashed Hat:Honestly, he should stop trying to explain his actions and never, ever mention it in public again. He should thank his lucky stars every day that he got off (no pun intended, ick) so easily.

I know! I almost forgot he even did that. Gary Glitter took his "rock pedo" spot in my brain.

Farkomatic:That' the first time I've heard of someone using "research" as a reason to surf for kiddie porn - said no one, ever.

It wasn't child porn, but that was the excuse my brother tried to use when Mom caught him with a stash of pornos. Quite the amusing day.

As to Townsend, without being in his head, I can't say with 100% certainty that he's full of shiat on this, but, even though my gut says he was getting off on this 'research', I'll accept it, the case is closed, move on. But yeah, dude, quit talking about it.

Um, "Fiddle About" and "Cousin Kevin" were written by John Entwhistle. On the other hand, "Athena", about Pete's lust for Theresa Russell, *was* autobiographical. So there's that.

As a long-time fan of The Who, I love Pete dearly. But dang if Townshend doesn't have the most terminal case of Foot In Mouth disease in the entire history of rock music. It's as though there's no discretion filter between his mouth and his brain.

Pete Townshend is not a pedophile and what he did was stupid but done for legitimate reasons. He has been studying child abuse nearly his entire life and this whole blow up was an unfortunate side effect of that.

Also, just for the record "Fiddle About" was written by John Entwistle.

Guess I'm the only one, but I believe him. He was a crusader for kids who were victims of sexual abuse years before this thing ever happened, and they never found a shred of evidence against him except for punching in his credit card number, which was admittedly a stupid thing to do.

I think it would probably be in his best interest at this point to just drop it & not bring it up anymore.

GibbyTheMole:Guess I'm the only one, but I believe him. He was a crusader for kids who were victims of sexual abuse years before this thing ever happened, and they never found a shred of evidence against him except for punching in his credit card number, which was admittedly a stupid thing to do.

I think it would probably be in his best interest at this point to just drop it & not bring it up anymore.

The problem is that if he wasn't Pete Townshend, a celebrity, he'd have gone to jail. Just like would happen if it were me or you. His motivation is irrelevant.

someonelse:I assume he meant "big nose" in the sense of "overly curious" and sticking it where it didn't belong, as part of his overzealous efforts to stamp out pedophiles. I don't buy it, but I think that's what he meant.

yeah, I think you're right. He is a furriner, after all. Sometimes they express themselves, like, different.

Wasilla Hillbilly:Farkomatic: That' the first time I've heard of someone using "research" as a reason to surf for kiddie porn - said no one, ever.

It wasn't child porn, but that was the excuse my brother tried to use when Mom caught him with a stash of pornos. Quite the amusing day.

As to Townsend, without being in his head, I can't say with 100% certainty that he's full of shiat on this, but, even though my gut says he was getting off on this 'research', I'll accept it, the case is closed, move on. But yeah, dude, quit talking about it.

Er, this is the first time he's talked about it. It's in his new book. I read that the book will be the only time he'll talk about it.

I think he has something happen to him when he was a kid. Hence such songs like "Substitute" and "I'm A Boy". Not very normal rock songs if you happen to notice the lyrics. Sounds like he was messed with by some woman when he was little.

MagSeven:Smashed Hat: Honestly, he should stop trying to explain his actions and never, ever mention it in public again. He should thank his lucky stars every day that he got off (no pun intended, ick) so easily.

I know! I almost forgot he even did that. Gary Glitter took his "rock pedo" spot in my brain.

T.M.S.:Pete Townshend is not a pedophile and what he did was stupid but done for legitimate reasons. He has been studying child abuse nearly his entire life and this whole blow up was an unfortunate side effect of that.

Also, just for the record "Fiddle About" was written by John Entwistle.

Thank you for the rare decent post in this thread. Farking idiots need to realize that people with huge money at their disposal can jolly off and do as they please and none of us would never know the difference. Mr. Townshend tried to put this to rest long ago but it haunts him. If I wore his shoes it would haunt me too. No one wants that albatross around their neck.